Present and Future of Cardiac Troponin in Clinical Practice: A Paradigm Shift to High-Sensitivity Assays

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 354-365

  Sandoval, Yader ^a,b   Smith, Stephen W ^c   Apple, Fred S ^d  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; High sensitivity cardiac troponin; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASSAY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH SENSITIVITY ASSAY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84957050550     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.12.005     Document Type: Review

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